Doug,
What's your recommendation?
Hope you're not going to say that Foster's stuff from "down under".
Seriously, I work with a couple of Russians, and they tell me that Stoli is as highly regarded in Russia as Lowenbrau is in Germany - that is to say sort of like Coors or Miller light is looked at here. They brought me some "good stuff" from back home the last time they visited, and I have to say that they are right.
Cheers!
Dave